Bias-fabric package.



W. C. STEVENS.

BIAS FABHC PACKAGE.

APPUCA'HON min NNE m, 1915A Eatened May 2, .1916.

rrr Torri-fir@ m rra /i rima-fri e. ne# i A. i. i., il e* i lrlEall allelaiiae .Application files? Furie l, 1915.

To all whom if may concern.'

Be it known that l, 'WILLIAM C. S'rifwims, a citirnen of the lllnied States residing al; Akron, in the county of Slin'imi and State el' Ollio, have ilweiiefl eeran new arial useful linproveifiiens in. Bias-Fabric Pechu ages, of which @he fol-owing is a sflvieciliea tion.

ln the procese of making; tire carcasses surface ol' which, .is placed a series cf stripsl of muslim or other fabric, secured to the hoard hy a narrow nailing strip along one longitudinal edge. Two operators have been required to place these strips of fabric in the hooks., it being required that they pick the strips off the bel and turn over a prote'cting; leal', before placing another strip in the book. This is an expensive opera bien, and. the booke themselves are Unsatisfactory, as they occupy a. great (leal of floor space, and are veryv cumbersfiii'ie,

ln the drawings is Shown the new Aform of package or roll oit' oies strips .in the precof manufacture, the apparauue for formiop; the rolia in combination with the bias entier, foriiiinp; the subject mailer of a Separate application, Serial No. 34,802, filed herewith.

'Figure 1 is an elevation of a package in,

the process of manufacture. Fig. 2 is a plan of Fw. l.

The culte-r and mechanism for rolling up v he bias stripe with the liner not shown, as they are not necessary :for an understanding of thie invention, il; being sufficient to Specification nf Letters laeni.

state that lie bias stripe as they are cui from lhe leading cnil oi" the :rictioned fabrigall on. an iiilgeriiiiltentl-y" movii'igg; siti/ip olf mulin cr other limer.

'l'he hiae strips are iiiulieated at A andere spaced a short distance ripari". ou. the muslim liner E, moving over a table rl. The leading encl el the liner is attached to a core D, which is guided in slots E in the machine elailolarfl l?, and is allowed to resi; on a whirl-up ,h which roaed in any manner preierahly iiitermitentlj Ae the drum is rotated .in 'the direction of the arrow, the i' l the Stripe are wouiiel up irl'ilii ivf'cll., and when one lengrrh or l' has heen rollefl up, the core may he reiiioverl ich 'the maierial Worm.` thereon, and a new one Suhsliioted.

le 'will he eeen hal', there is provided package cori'iiaing Athe erips of rubber coaefjl or i'ricrioned cloth cut on the bias, and. Separated from one another Le prevent adhesion. hy conin'acus length o if liner fabric. The bias Strips in this ferm are much easier lic handle, and more convenient and compact, than `he olrl hooks, which up to this time have been the only' means for handling lzhcee strips. is is Well known, the ehuracterisifle liaclrinees of the strips, makes them very tronhiesoirie to handle, as they 'will adhere ivo one another on the slightest prevent-ion, and their separation injureel: the ruhher conginget the point of adhesion.

(llaim:

Alle a new a (ziele of manufaeeure, a core, a spiral winding of lining fabric held on said corea and aseriee of clongatedetrips of rubber-coated bias 'fabric laid diagonally to the length of said lining' fabric and placed with their loilgg` edges in proximity, said Strips being held bet-Ween and prevented vfrom contact with each oher by the convolutions oi said lining fabric.

lfVlLLlh/l C. STEVENS. Witness J. J. SHEA. 

